William Safire was an asset? Since when? No one read or watched him, no one cared. His television appearances were not unlike watching a small rodent with a facial tick attempt to be pithy while juggling twigs in their paws.

Just as no one cares about Kristol's opinion, and no one but the smarmiest misinformed conservatives will bother to read him; the NYT misses the mark in favor of trying for the subscriptions of people who cant use computers, once again. Well done.

Can't wait for endorsements in the NYT of Huckabee by the editors. Huckabee Hinn (aka the Richard Simmons of the Evangelical TV Bradford Exchange Plate Aficianados) has to have the NYT assortment of contributing jewels like Novak in his Baptist bible belt hot little hands....